jonathan lethem
rachel kushner
david byrne
wole soyinka
20
23
Alessandro Piperno
/CA
PRI
hanan al-shaykh
francesco piccolo
sandro veronesi
Giuliano Sangiorgi
Jovanotti
A.O. Scott
Olivier Guez
paul auster
zadie smith
chimamanda ngozi adichie
Matteo Garrone
jamaica kincaid
20
22
erica jong
dacia maraini
mary karr
jonathan safran foer
cathleen schine
/NY
Domenico Starnone
gay talese
Pascal Bruckner
nathan englander
Leslie Jamison
pupi avati
isabella rossellini
jonathan demme
julie taymor
Michael Barker
20
21
siri hustvedt
Marisa Silver
patti smith
david remnick
don delillo
judith thurman
valerio magrelli
david sedaris
ernesto galli della loggia
Valerio Magrelli
erica jong
benjamin taylor
valeria luiselli
Piera Degli Esposti
michael ondaatje
/RO
MA
adam gopnik
20
20
karan mahajan
Maaza Mengiste
gay talese
sergio castellitto
zadie smith
Emanuele Trevi
francesca lo schiavo
david foster wallace
Massimiliano Virgilio
nicola piovani
francesco clemente
John Banville
Maaza Mengiste
20
19
julie mehretu
antonio franchini
federico rampini
/NA
Leah Hager Cohen
Ta-Nehisi Coates
a.m. homes
liliana cavani
Sean Price Williams
jonathan franzen
Brian Selznick
phillip lopate
Gaetano Cappelli
daniel mendelsohn
20
18
Luigi Guarnieri
ethan coen
Adam Gopnik
adam johnson
don delillo
Igiaba Scego
Margo Jefferson
Annalena Benini
Mary Karr
Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
daniel mendelsohn
meryl streep
jonathan safran foer
/
WA
donna tartt
Eraldo Affinati
marco bellocchio
20
17
Ari Aster
Joshua Cohen
marlon james
joyce carol oates
stefan merrill block
kwame anthony appiah
vendela vida
giuliano ferrara
mary karr
jonathan franzen
Melania Mazzucco
nathan englander
20
16
Roberto Ando'
marina abramovic
chuck palahniuk
patrick mcgrath
edna o'brien
Giuliano da Empoli
/VE
fran lebowitz
Howard Jacobson
cristina comencini
Francesca Zambello
larissa macfarquhar
isabella rossellini
angelo panebianco
20
15
margaret mazzantini
Atticus Lish
paolo mieli
louise erdrich
Paolo Giordano
mario martone
Edith Bruck
Stuart Klawans
Greta Gerwig
mark di suvero
donato carrisi
patti lupone
20
14
alessandro baricco
Chiara Valerio
/PA
RIS
gian arturo ferrari
paul auster
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Molly Haskell
ann patchett
helen oyeyemi
philip gourevitch
Pierfrancesco Favino
david mamet
Judith Thurman
walter siti
Teresa Ciabatti
Roberta Lena
20
13
jhumpa lahiri
Francesco Vezzoli
Salman Rushdie
adam haslett
alessandro piperno
jhumpa lahiri
daniel libeskind
john turturro
Katie Kitamura
Antonio Spadaro
junot díaz
/CL
UP
Frank Miller
Francesco Vezzoli
Mattia Feltri
michael chabon
20
12
philip gourevitch
paolo sorrentino
walter veltroni
Chiara Gamberale
marilynne robinson
teju cole
Marina Sagona
Noah Baumbach
lila azam zanganeh
gaetano cappelli
edoardo albinati
claire messud
Antonio Scurati
george saunders
Ian Buruma
20
11
paolo virzì
/BG
TA
elisabetta rasy
stephen sondheim
martin amis
Katie Kitamura
claudio magris
ben lerner
Vittorio Storaro
Nicole Krauss
hanif kureishi
michael cunningham
Anthony Fauci
jeffrey eugenides
ian buruma
Guido Calabresi
20
10
phil jackson
Colm Tóibín
A.O. Scott
Amitav Ghosh
/PL
RM
garth risk hallberg
elizabeth strout
kwame anthony appiah
Francesco Piccolo
colson whitehead
annie proulx
patti smith
roberto saviano
paola cortellesi
diego de silva
brian selznick
20
09
leonardo colombati
sandro veronesi
jay mcinerney
Leslie Jamison
roberto andò
adam gopnik
daniel libeskind
maurizio de giovanni
michael cunningham
John Banville
toni servillo
Andrew Sean Greer
John Patrick Shanley
stephen sondheim
Vanessa Roghi
jonathan galassi
20
08
joshua ferris
gay talese
paolo giordano
anna funder
niccolò ammaniti
Margo Jefferson
salman rushdie
ian buruma
Laurie Anderson
giovanna calvino
renzo piano
paul auster
philippe claudel
paul schrader
nicole krauss
20
07
Charmaine Wilkerson
jeffrey eugenides
emma cline
Daniel Libeskind
Candice Carty-Williams
salman rushdie
pierluigi battista
dante ferretti
Helena Janeczek
elif batuman
Nadia Terranova
Susanna Tamaro
Marco Ferrante
david leavitt
20
06
colum mc cann
jay mcinerney
jeffrey eugenides
mario desiati
dave eggers
gary shteyngart
e.l. doctorow
martin amis
ayelet waldman
miriam toews
patrick mcgrath
Abigail Dean
Melania Mazzucco
colum mccann
Nathan Englander
Hari Kunzru
ian mcewan
a.m. homes
siri hustvedt
elizabeth strout